Summary

Full-stack engineer with 4+ years building scalable web applications using Django REST Framework, Next.js, and AWS. Strong experience with payments, backend architecture, real-time systems, and production deployments. Delivered 20+ full-stack solutions across fintech, logistics, and e-commerce.

Experience
Software Engineer (Contract), UltimateMobileApps
08/2025 – 11/2025 | Maine, US
  • •Delivered 9+ full-stack applications (frontend + backend) as part of a 22-project suite, working in a fast-paced remote engineering team.
  • •Strengthened cloud workflows using AWS App Runner, ECS, Amplify, and ELB for deployments.
  • •Led development of Liberty Social, a next-gen social media platform addressing Facebook’s complexity and privacy excesses.
  • •Built multiple frontend-heavy user flows (forms, dashboards, interactive components, data-driven UIs) in React/​Next.js with TypeScript.
    • Backend Developer, Goufer PLC
    05/2024 – 11/2024 | Lekki, Lagos
  • •Built 15+ API endpoints serving 1,000+ daily users.
  • •Created real-time chat using Django Channels.
  • •Integrated Twilio for phone verification (reduced fake signups by 40%).
  • •Improved API performance by 35% via query optimization.
    • Freelance Developer, Upwork
    2021 – Present | Remote
  • •Delivered 12+ projects for fintech, e-commerce, and education startups.
  • •Built high-reliability payment systems with Paystack, Stripe, Flutterwave, and Monnify.
    • Software Developer Intern, Zuri Team
    02/2020 – 08/2020 | Remote
  • •Built APIs and collaborated on a CSV chunking service.
    • Education
    B.Sc. Computer Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University
    2021 – 2025 | Ago, Iwoye, Ogun, Nigeria

    Grade: 4.44

    Final Year Project: Accreditation management system (Django + PostgreSQL) - compliance tracking system with document analytics and reporting dashboards.

    Projects
    Student-Pay Platform, Django REST Framework, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Supabase
    07/2025 – Present
  • •Handles payment processing for 2,000+ students with automated reconciliation (99.8% accuracy).
  • •Integrated Paystack + Monnify with webhook verification.
  • •Achieved <200ms API response times via PostgreSQL + Redis optimization.
  • •Reduced manual payment processing time by 80% for university administration
    • WordHelp, Python, Django, HTML, Bootstrap, JavaScript
    2022
  • •Django-powered tool to fetch word meanings, synonyms, and anagrams using external APIs.
  • •Created a custom algorithm for scrambling words using Python's `permutations` module.

    • GitHub: https:/​/​github.com/​carnage999-max/​wordhelp

    CSVByte - CSV Utility API, Django-REST Framework, Supabse, Celery, Postgres
  • •Designed and built a microservice API for uploading, splitting, and compressing large CSV files.
    • Liberty Social — Full-Stack Social Network, DRF, Next.js, AWS, Postgres, Celery, Redis, Firebase
    10/2025 – 11/2025
  • •A modern social network built to fix Facebook’s clutter + privacy issues.
  • •Features: marketplace, posts, comments, real-time chat, media uploads, notifications, business pages.
  • •Fully deployed on AWS (App Runner + Amplify).
  • •Implemented complex UI flows (feeds, interactions, real-time updates, media layers) with a focus on speed, UX clarity, and consistent iteration based on user feedback.
    • Fractional — Hedera Africa Hackathon Project, Hedera, Next.js, Smart Contracts, Node.js
  • •End-to-end Web3 platform where creators mint NFTs, issue fractional FT shares, and distribute dividends.
  • •Implements tokens association, on-chain rewards, and wallet-based payouts.
    • Technical Skills
    Backend

    Python, Django, Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Celery

    Tools

    Websockets, Git, Microservices, Progressive Web Applications(PWAs), WebSockets, Django Channels

    Payment Gateways

    Paystack, Flutterwave, Stripe, Monnify

    Frontend and UI/UX Technologies

    JavaScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, HTML5, CSS3, TypeScript, React Query, Zustand

    Cloud & DevOps

    Docker, CI/​CD (GitHub Actions), GCP, Ubuntu, AWS

    Testing

    Pytest, API Testing, Postman, Swagger, ESLint

    career focus

    Interested in building systems that improve prediction, insight generation, and data-driven decision-making.